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M. F. DAVORAN- BURIAL CASKET HANDLE. APPLICATION FILED Aue.24, 1916.

1,325,781. Patented Dec. 23,1919.

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MICHAEL E.

DAVORAN, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE CRANE & BREED MANUFACTURING COMPANY,OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

BURIAL-CASKET HANDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 24, 1916. Serial No. 116,576.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL F. DAVORAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Burial-Casket Handles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to burial casket handles the arms of which are cast out of soft metal and are pivoted to a plate or plates and arranged to receive a handle-bar by means of which the burial casket is carried. The arms are cast out of soft metal for the reasons that the soft metal is readily cast for receiving its shapes, contours and ornamentations, and readily receives a plating or finish.

The weight of the casket and its contents is often very great, so that the parts of the handle are subjected to great stresses not only in a vertical direction but also in a direction lengthwise of the bar. It has been found in practice that the strength of the soft metal of the arms is not suflicient to successfully withstand these stresses.

It is therefore the object of my invention to provide reinforcing means for the arms embodying reinforcing connections with the bar so as to maintain proper lengthwise relation between vent shifting of the bar within the arms, and, further, to form the reinforcing means in such manner that the stresses between the reinforcing connections of the arms with the bar shall be resisted by a reinforcing part received entirely around the bar.

The invention will be further readily understood from the following description and claims, and from the drawing, in which latter:

Figure 1 is a front elevation ofso much of a burial casket handle as is necessary to illustrate my invention, the arms shown depending.

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the arm.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken in the plane of the line 3--3 of Fig. 1, showing the arm extended.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken in the plane of the line le-e of Fig. 3, showing the connection between the arm and the bar.

not only in vertical direction, but the bar and the arms to pre- Fig-5 is a detail in cross-section taken in the plane of the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the reinforceplate.

7 is a rear edge elevation of the same.

Fig. 8 1s a side elevation of a reinforce- Patented Dec. 23, 1919.

plate showing a round opening for receiving a round bar; and,

Fig. is a rear edge elevation of the same.

The handle comprises a socket-plate 11. The socket-plate is arranged to be secured to the casket by means of screws received through holes 14: in lugs 15 of the socketplate.

The arms of the handle are shown at 21 and respectively comprise a body 22 cast out of a suitable soft metal adapted to be conveniently cast for receiving its proper contours or shape and to be readily susceptible to plating and finish. Each arm is pivoted to the socket-plate by means of a pin 23 received through the boss 24 of the arm and through lugs 25 on the socket-plate. The outer ends of the arms are provided with openings 26 in which the bar 27 of the handle is received.

The arms are subjected to great stresses when carrying the casket and its contents,

also in directions lengthwise of the bar. The resistance of the soft cast metal of the arm is not sufficient to withstand such vertical and lengthwise stresses. I have, therefore, provided a reinforce-plate for the arm and a connection between the same and the bar, whereby the vertical stress and the stresses lengthwise of the bar are successfully resisted.

Thus I provide a reinforce-plate 31 having an opening 32 at its outer end, the wall of which is continuous and integral with the re1nforce-plate, said wall being provided with a laterally extending lug 33 integral therewith. The lug is provided with a hole 34. The inner end of the reinforce-plate is provided with a hole 35 within the boss 24, through which the pivot-pin 23 passes, and with a lug 36 arranged to contact the lower wall 37 of the socket 38 in the socket-plate, when the bar is extended outwardly from the socket-plate and casket, which is the position in which the arm and handle are located when carrying the casket.

The reinforce-plate is formed out of a tenacious metal, for instance steel, and in the present exemplification is instanced as sheet-steel cut to form and having the lug 33 struck out laterally and integrally from one side of the wall of the opening 32 at the outer end of the reinforce-plate.

The soft metal of the arm is in casting flowed about the reinforce-plate 31, so as to form a combined structure therewith and to hide the reinforce-plate 31 from view when the handle is finished and attached to the casket. The soft metal covers the forward edge of the reinforce-plate 31, as shown at 41, as well as the outer end face of the same,

as shown at 42, so as to avoid exposure of the reinforce-plate to view when in use. Thesoft metal is also preferably received about the lower stretch of the wall from which the lug 33 extends, as shown at 43, stretches 44 of the soft metal connecting the latter part with the side walls 45 of the arm.

A screw 47 is received through the hole 34 in the lug 33 of the reinforce-plate and I 'intothe bar 27, whereby the bar is rigidly yield at any point ployed.

secured to the arm, the connection between the arm and bar being by means of the lug 33 integral with the reinforce-plate 31 for resisting breaking of the lug and resisting lengthwise displacement between the bar and arm. The construction stated also acts to securely and rigidly maintain the distance between the arms on the bar.

' The wall of the aperture 32 completely surrounds the bar, so that when carryingthe casket there is no danger that the wall will and thereby let down the casket, as the connection between the lug 33 of the reinforce-plate, which is secured to thebar, and the body portion of the reinforce-plate 31, comprises the tension member or portion 48 of the wall of the opening and the compression member or portion 49 of said wall. My improved construction is further such that it enables a minimum amount of the cast soft-metal to be em- Ihave, in Figs. 1 to 7, inclusive, shown a bar of general square cross-section, but it is obvious that the opening-of the reinforcecross-sectional form to conform to a cross-sectional form of bar.

Thus 1n Figs. 8' and 9 I have illustrated a desired be of any suitable modification showing a reinforce-plate in which the opening 32 is round in cross-section for receiving a round bar. The rest of the parts shown are indicated by similar but primed reference numerals.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a burial casket handle, the combination of a handle-bar, an arm therefor, said arm comprising a hard-metal reinforceplate provided with a pivot-hole at its inner end and with an aperture for said handle-bar at its outer end, the wall of said aperture being an integral part of said reinforce-plate and completely surrounding said handle-bar, said wall provided with a fastening lug integral with said wall and extending laterally therefrom to form a tension portion in said wall at one side of said lug and a compression portion in said wall at the other side of said lug, means for securing said lug to said handle-bar, and a soft-metal casting received about said reinforce-plate.

2. In a burial-casket handle, the combination of a socket-plate, a handle-bar, an arm between said socket-plate and said handlebar, said arm comprising a hard-metal reinforce-plate and a soft-metal casting about said reinforce-plate, said casting having a boss and said reinforce-plate having a pivot-hole, a pivot-pin received in said socket-plate and passing through said boss and said pivot-hole in said reinforce-plate, said reinforce-plate at its outer end formed with an opening the wall of which is integral with said reinforce-plate and completely surrounds said handle-bar, as an integral structure, said reinforce-plate provided with a body-portion extending between said wall and'said pivot-hole, said wall provided with a laterally extending lug extending integrally therefrom and spaced from said bodyportion to form a tension portion in said wall. at one side of said lug and a compression portion in said wall at the other side of said lug, and means for securing said lug to said bar.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MICHAEL F. DAVORAN.

Witnesses HERBERT S. BRIDGE, CHARLES E. WEBER. 

